NuAxis President Raza Latif Washington Business Journal Spotlight

NuAxis President Raza Latif was recently interviewed in the Washington Business Journal’s In the Spotlight section. In the interview, Latif discusses his leadership habits and even some fun facts about himself. Read the full interview here.

The Help Desk Institute (HDI) awarded six NuAxis Innovations teams the HDI Certification Pinnacle of Excellence Awards. The awards are given to support centers with four or more employees at which each member has earned an HDI certification. HDI awarded 28 teams this year – six (21 percent) of which went to NuAxis. In total, 16 NuAxis teams have received this award since 2013.

“By utilizing HDI standards, training programs and certifications, we ensure that all of our customer facing support staff possess the knowledge and skills to both consistently solve our client’s technical issues and to better connect on a more human, customer-centric level,” said NuAxis Vice President of Service Management, Bob Roark. “Over time this critical investment has provided functional support that demonstrates clear value in relation to the business needs of the organizations we serve.”

HDI Certifications recognize the breadth of knowledge required to provide IT support, document the skills needed by practitioners and provide leadership to the industry as a whole. HDI certifies customer service and technical support teams and each certification reflects the level of knowledge required for specific roles, ranging from Customer Service Representative to Support Center Director.

Ten years as an electrical engineer. Three advanced degrees. Fourteen years as CEO of NuAxis Innovations, a fast-growing IT support contractor for the Federal Government with 29 contracts and 375 employees in 22 states. Imran Akram has led a life full of impressive numbers—all made possible by a 5,328 mile trip from Lahore to London at 15 years old.

This cross-continental road trip from Pakistan to London with his father helped him realize his passion for exploration and learning—motivating him to found his own company, NuAxis Innovations, which today was ranked 457 on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™.

“I was incredibly lucky to have the experience to travel at a young age,” said Akram, CEO of NuAxis Innovations. “It was through these experiences that I realized how important it is to learn about other people and their cultures—ultimately inspiring me to seek new adventures and higher education in the United States. I have been fortunate enough to live here for 29 years and to meet and work with so many great people.”

The 2016 Deloitte Fast 500 is a list of the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and energy tech companies in North America. NuAxis grew 134 percent between 2012 and 2015, the period considered for this year’s award.

NuAxis has seen rapid growth over the past few years, acquiring a significant portfolio of contracts with the federal government. It holds a long-standing contract with the Department of Labor (NuAxis provides the department’s Enterprise Service Desk) and multiple contracts supporting the Department of Interior with its Customer Support Center and Managed Desktop Support.

“It is an honor to be included as part of this prestigious list and to be recognized for the hard work and dedication of our team,” said Akram. “We take a lot of pride in providing innovative solutions to the federal government and hope to continue growing in the federal space.”

NuAxis was recently named one of the largest government contractors and a top minority-owned business by the Washington Business Journal, listed on the Inc. 5000 and the Virginia Fantastic 50 and named a Significant Mover by Govini.

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About NuAxis Innovations

NuAxis Innovations is a solution-driven IT infrastructure support contractor for the federal government. As a leading IT partner with proven success in large agencies – including the Department of the Interior (DOI) and the Department of Labor (DOL) – NuAxis delivers value and expertise. The company was founded in 2002 by a team of passionate technologists and now has more than 350 employees across 22 states. With 99 percent of revenue coming from contract prime work, NuAxis is an established prime contractor adept at providing continuity of operations and robust risk management and allocates resources for each contract that align with the agency’s specific requirements instead of imposing a one-size-fits-all mindset. NuAxis Innovations is composed of the highest-caliber employees and is continually expanding its portfolio of IT infrastructure support services.

About Deloitte’s 2016 Technology Fast 500™

Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 provides a ranking of the fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and energy tech companies – both public and private – in North America. Technology Fast 500 award winners are selected based on percentage fiscal year revenue growth from 2012 to 2015.

NuAxis Innovations Vice President Bob Roark Co-Authors Book

NuAxis Innovations Vice President of Service Management, Bob Roark, has co-authored the book, TheSuccess Blueprint, published by CelebrityPress.

Roark gives advice and shares experiences he’s accumulated on his path to success, as do his co-author Brian Tracy and the group of professional business experts who contributed to the Blueprint. The book focuses on goal setting and stories of the authors’ successes and failures – and what they have learned from those experiences.

The Success Blueprint is expected to be released in December 2016. Roark has already won the CelebrityPress Editor’s Choice Award for the book. A portion of the book’s royalties will be donated to the Entrepreneur’s International Foundation, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to creating unique launch campaigns to raise money and awareness for charitable causes.

Bob is a results-driven Information Technology operations and service management executive with an unwavering focus on delivering world-class satisfaction for internal and external customers. With a broad range of technical and business experience across multiple industries, he drives business value for all stakeholders through continuous process improvements. Consistently achieving results by developing and retaining top talent, introducing best practices and standards, reengineering inefficient processes and systems, and building high-performance Information Technology infrastructure that supports multimillion-dollar profit growth, cost cuts, and operating efficiencies.

Bob is an MBA graduate of Western Governors University. He is the Vice President of Service Management for NuAxis Innovations, a solution-driven IT infrastructure support contractor for the U.S. federal government with offices in Washington D.C. and Denver, Colorado, and more than 350 team members across 22 states. Bob was also selected as one of America’s PremierExperts™ and holds numerous industry-leading certifications including Project Management Institute – Project Management Professional (PMP), HDI Support Center Director (SCD), Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MSCE), ISACA – Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), and several ITIL certifications.

About NuAxis Innovations

NuAxis Innovations is a solution-driven IT infrastructure support contractor for the federal government. As a leading IT partner with proven success in large agencies – including the Department of the Interior (DOI) and the Department of Labor (DOL) – NuAxis delivers value and expertise. The company was founded in 2002 by a team of passionate technologists and now has more than 375 employees across 22 states. With 99 percent of revenue coming from contract prime work, NuAxis is an established prime contractor adept at providing continuity of operations and robust risk management and allocates resources for each contract that align with the agency’s specific requirements instead of imposing a one-size-fits-all mindset. NuAxis Innovations is composed of the highest-caliber employees and is continually expanding its portfolio of IT infrastructure support services.

When faced with the decision to follow the dot com craze of the late ‘90s or stick to his engineering roots, one CEO made the tough choice that, today, landed his rapidly growing company on the Inc. 5000 list of the country’s fastest-growing privately held companies.

Imran Akram, NuAxis Innovations’ CEO, founded the company with his wife in 2002. He took the plunge into entrepreneurship when the company he was working for decided to shift away from services and focus on products, leaving Akram’s client, the United States National Park Service (NPS), in need of a replacement service provider.

“I, of course, had no idea that the dot com bubble would burst. I just knew that the NPS and Department of Interior still needed the services I provided as an engineer, so I made the decision to follow that path,” said Akram. “The NPS and I had built a very strong relationship over the years and they wanted to continue working with me, so I decided to set up a company to continue supporting them.”

NuAxis started with just Akram and his wife working with just one agency. Within 3 years, he had 30 employees. Today, 15 years after he founded NuAxis Innovations, the company continues to serve NPS, but now also holds sizeable prime contracts with other federal agencies (including the departments of Interior and Labor) and has grown to more than 350 employees in 22 states.

Exemplifying that growth is the honor the company has received today: Inc. Magazine ranked NuAxis Innovations NO. 2,641 on its 36th annual Inc. 5000 List, an exclusive ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The list represents the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy—America’s independent entrepreneurs.

“We are so excited to be recognized for our growth and achievements with inclusion on this prestigious list,” said Akram. “NuAxis has been expanding rapidly over the past few years and we look forward to continuing on this path while helping government agencies solve their IT challenges.”

The annual Inc. 5000 event honoring all the companies on the list will be held from October 18 through 20, 2016 in San Antonio. Companies such as Yelp, Pandora, Timberland, Dell, Domino’s Pizza, LinkedIn, Zillow and many other well-known names gained early exposure as members of the Inc. 5000.

About NuAxis Innovations

NuAxis Innovations is a solution-driven IT infrastructure support contractor for the federal government. As a leading IT partner with proven success in large agencies – including the Department of the Interior (DOI) and the Department of Labor (DOL) – NuAxis delivers value and expertise. The company was founded in 2002 by a team of passionate technologists and now has more than 350 employees across 22 states. With 95 percent of revenue coming from contract prime work, NuAxis is an established prime contractor adept at providing continuity of operations and robust risk management and allocates resources for each contract that align with the agency’s specific requirements instead of imposing a one-size-fits-all mindset. NuAxis Innovations is composed of the highest-caliber employees and is continually expanding its portfolio of IT infrastructure support services.

About Inc. Media

Founded in 1979 and acquired in 2005 by Mansueto Ventures, Inc. is the only major brand dedicated exclusively to owners and managers of growing private companies, with the aim to deliver real solutions for today’s innovative company builders. Winner of the National Magazine Award for General Excellence in both 2014 and 2012. Total monthly audience reach for the brand has grown significantly from 2,000,000 in 2010 to over 13,000,000 today. For more information, visit www.inc.com.

The Inc. 500|5000 is a list of the fastest-growing private companies in the nation. Started in 1982, this prestigious list of the nation’s most successful private companies has become the hallmark of entrepreneurial success. The Inc. 5000 Conference & Awards Ceremony is an annual event that celebrates their remarkable achievements. The event also offers informative workshops, celebrated keynote speakers, and evening functions. For more information on Inc. and the Inc. 5000 Conference, visit http://www.inc.com/.

NuAxis Innovations Receives ISO 27001 Certification

NuAxis Innovations recently received its ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification. The ISO 27001 certification is an information security standard and specification for information security management systems published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). The certification demonstrates NuAxis’ ability and proven record of high-quality IT services management processes.
NuAxis is also ISO 9001:2008 (quality management system requirements) and ISO 20000-1:2001 (service management system standard) certified. NuAxis has been providing IT services for more than a decade to federal agencies, including the Department of Interior and the Department of Labor.

NuAxis Innovations Recognized for Growth by Virginia Chamber of Commerce, Washington Business Journal, and Govini

When Lindsey Tepp started working at NuAxis Innovations right after college graduation in 2009, the company had only two contracts and no more than 30 employees.

“Raza [Latif, COO] and Imran [Akram, CEO] had a vision for NuAxis and laid out a plan to position us for growth and expansion – one proposal at a time,” said Tepp, now manager of business development (and one of 350 employees) at NuAxis, a fast-growing leader of government IT infrastructure. “I remember our first big win came on Christmas Eve that first year I started and really confirmed all of our hard work and the potential for growth and success.”

Seven years later, Tepp has come a long way – and so has NuAxis: the company was awarded a Fantastic 50 Award and named one of the fastest-growing companies in the commonwealth by the Virginia Chamber of Commerce.

All 50 awardees were announced at the Fantastic 50 Networking Reception and Awards Banquet last night (April 28 at 6 p.m.) in Chantilly, Va. at the Westfields Marriott. The award is in its 21st year of celebrating entrepreneurial success and winners’ contributions to Virginia’s economic vitality. Based on four-year total growth rates, NuAxis is number #46 across all service categories.

“We are thrilled to be recognized as one of Virginia’s fastest growing companies,” said Akram. “NuAxis has been expanding rapidly and it is an honor to be included in the list with other successful businesses from around the commonwealth.”

NuAxis was also named one of the largest government contractors and a top minority-owned business of 2015 by the Washington Business Journal and a Significant Mover by Govini this year. Leadership attributes the company’s growth to hiring the right people with the right potential over the last half decade as well as a focus on the maturation of back-office infrastructure and business development processes.

“As we continue to grow, we are hiring the best of the best and hope to provide our services at an exponential rate to government agencies across the nation,” said Latif. “We mapped out what we wanted to do and then mapped out our growth to reach those goals.”

Since its founding in 2002, NuAxis has acquired a significant portfolio of contracts with the federal government. It holds a long-standing contract with the Department of Labor (NuAxis provides the department’s Enterprise Service Desk) and multiple contracts supporting the Department of Interior with their Customer Support Center and Managed Desktop Support.

About NuAxis Innovations

NuAxis Innovations is a solution-driven IT infrastructure support contractor for the federal government. As a leading IT partner with proven success in large agencies – including the Department of the Interior (DOI) and the Department of Labor (DOL) – NuAxis delivers value and expertise. The company was founded in 2002 by a team of passionate technologists and now has more than 350 employees across 22 states. With 95 percent of revenue coming from contract prime work, NuAxis is an established prime contractor adept at providing continuity of operations and robust risk management and allocates resources for each contract that align with the agency’s specific requirements instead of imposing a one-size-fits-all mindset. NuAxis Innovations is composed of the highest-caliber employees and is continually expanding its portfolio of IT infrastructure support services.

NuAxis Innovations Partners with the National Forest Foundation to Celebrate Employees

Five years ago, NuAxis Innovations had 40 employees. Today they have more than 350. To celebrate this growth and Earth Day 2016, NuAxis is implementing a tree planting initiative. NuAxis will partner with the National Forest Foundation this Earth Day to celebrate its employees. The company will donate a tree for every existing employee and every new hire.

“We’re celebrating our growth and strengthening our company’s roots by donating a tree for every employee,” said NuAxis COO Raza Latif. “We value our employees’ contributions to the company’s success and want to honor them and celebrate new hires by giving back.”

NuAxis is proud of its long-standing contract with the National Park Service and is happy to support its mission of improving the environment while honoring employees. The company’s initiative will contribute to Earth Day 2016’s “Trees for the Earth” theme and the Earth Day Network’s goal of planting 50,000 trees by Earth Day, which is April 22.

NuAxis Innovations Named a Significant Mover by Govini

NuAxis Innovations is proud to be named a Significant Mover by Govini in their 2016 Federal Scorecard. Govini releases the scorecard annually to utilize a big data approach to provide a broad picture of agency and contractor activity. The list, which analyzed numbers from 2015, ranked NuAxis 23— up from its ranking of 46 in 2014. Govini ranks NuAxis second among government contractors who are Significant Movers in the Department of Interior. NuAxis is listed on page 45 of this year’s book or can be found in the online 2016 Federal Scorecard, which is available to current clients only. To request a hard copy of the 2016 Scorecard, click here.